A.
The Planning Board shall prepare and, after public
hearing, adopt or amend a Master Plan or component parts thereof to
guide the use of lands within the Borough in a manner which protects
public health and safety and promotes the general welfare.
B.
The Master Plan shall generally comprise a report
or statement and land use and development proposals, with maps, diagrams
and text, presenting, where appropriate, the following elements:
(1)
A statement of objectives, principles, assumptions,
policies and standards upon which the constituent proposals for the
physical, economic and social development of the Borough are based.
(2)
A land use plan element taking into account the other
Master Plan elements and natural conditions, including but not necessarily
limited to topography, soil conditions, water supply, drainage, floodplain
areas, marshes and woodlands; showing the existing and proposed location,
extent and intensity of development of land to be used in the future
for varying types of residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural,
recreational, educational and other public and private purposes or
combination of purposes; and including a statement of the standards
of population density and development intensity recommended for the
Borough.
(3)
A housing plan element, including but not limited
to residential standards and proposals for the construction and improvement
of housing.
(4)
A circulation plan element showing the location and
types of facilities for all modes of transportation required for the
efficient movement of people and goods into, about and through the
Borough.
(5)
A utility service plan element analyzing the need
for and showing the future general location of water supply and distribution
facilities, drainage and flood control facilities, sewage and waste
treatment facilities, solid waste disposal facilities and provision
for other related utilities.
(6)
A community facilities plan element showing the location
and type of educational or cultural facilities, historic sites, libraries,
hospitals, firehouses, police stations and other related facilities,
including their relation to the surrounding areas.
(7)
A recreation plan element showing a comprehensive
system of areas and public sites for recreation.
(8)
A conservation plan element and utilization of natural
resources, including, to the extent appropriate, open space, water,
forest, soil, marshes, wetlands, harbors, rivers and other waters,
fisheries, wildlife and other natural resources.
(9)
An economic plan element considering all aspects of
economic development and sustained economic vitality, including:
(a)
A comparison of the types of employment expected
to be provided by the economic development to be promoted with the
characteristics of the labor pool resident in the municipality and
nearby areas; and
(b)
An analysis of the stability and diversity of
the economic development to be promoted.
[Amended 5-29-1990 by Ord. No. 1990-10]
(10)
An historic preservation plan element indicating
the location, significance, proposed utilization and means for preservation
of historic sites and historic districts and identifying the standards
used to assess worthiness for historic site or district designation.
[Added 5-29-1990 by Ord. No. 1990-10]
(11)
Appendices or separate reports containing the
technical foundation for the Master Plan and its constituent elements.
[Added 5-29-1990 by Ord. No. 1990-10]
(12)
A recycling plan element which incorporates
the state recycling plan goals, including provisions for the collection,
disposition and recycling of recyclable materials designated in the
Municipal Recycling Ordinance[1] and for the collection, disposition and recycling of recyclable
materials within any development proposal for the construction of
50 or more units of single-family residential housing or 25 or more
units of multifamily residential housing and any commercial or industrial
development proposal for the utilization of 1,000 square feet or more
of land.
[Added 5-29-1990 by Ord. No. 1990-10]
C.
The Master Plan and its plan elements may be divided
into subplans and subplan elements projected according to periods
of time or staging sequences.
[Amended 5-29-1990 by Ord. No. 1990-10]
D.
The Master Plan shall include a specific policy statement
indicating the relationship of the proposed development of the Borough
as developed in the Master Plan to the Master Plans of contiguous
municipalities, the Master Plan of Sussex County and any comprehensive
guide plan pursuant to N.J.S.A. 13:1B-5.1 et seq.[2]
[Amended 7-30-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-15]
[2]
Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 13:1B-5.1 was repealed
by L. 1985, c. 398, § 18, effective 1-2-1986. See now N.J.S.A.
52:18A-196.
A.
The Borough Council shall, at least every six years,
provide for a general reexamination of the Master Plan and this development
chapter by the Planning Board, which shall prepare a report on the
findings of such reexamination, a copy of which shall be sent to the
County Planning Board and the Municipal Clerks of each adjoining municipality.
The six-year period shall commence with the adoption or termination
of the last general reexamination of such plan and regulations. The
first such reexamination shall be completed within six years after
February 1, 1979.
B.
Such reports shall state the following:
(1)
The major problems and objectives relating to land
development in the Borough at the time of such adoption, last revision
or reexamination, if any.
(2)
The extent to which such problems and objectives have
been reduced or have increased subsequent to such date.
(3)
The extent to which there have been significant changes
in the assumptions, policies and objectives forming the basis for
such plan or regulations as last revised, with particular regard to
the density and distribution of population and land uses, housing
conditions, circulation, conservation of natural resources and changes
in state, county and Borough policies and objectives.
(4)
The specific changes recommended for such plan or
regulation, if any, including underlying objectives, policies and
standards, or whether a new plan or regulation should be prepared.
